CAR-FREE CITY CENTERS

In a ''care-free'' city centre car traffic is limited by an area-wide ban to its functionally necessary share. This usually includes deliver y and service vehicles and residents' cars. The lock-out of unnecessar y car traffic must not be an isolated measure, but part of a pull-and- push approach. The most important supporting measure concerns the the provision of attractive public transport services. Case studies from B ologna, Lubeck, Aachen, York, and Nuremburg are reported.